[Public-List] Dingy paint

[Amy & David Swanson]

All -

I guess what makes this difficult is that she wants a lot of differnt 
collors & shades.  She is used to working with artists paint & mixing what 
she needs on a pallet.  Mixing a quart at a time may make the idea 
unworkable.

Thanks anuyway.

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
To: <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Dingy paint


> David,
>
> On 3/23/14, 12:41 PM, Amy & David Swanson wrote:
>> All -
>>
>> My new Jamestown Distributor  catalog came this week, and in it there
>> is a picture of a young girl painting the trim of a dingy whose sides
>> are painted like Van Gough's "Starry Night"  This got me thinking,
>> since I have a young daughter who is a decent artist & a spare
>> fiberglass dingy in need of repair & paint sitting ion my back yard.
>>
>> So, if one wanted to paint a dingy topsides in something other than
>> one or two primary colors, and not spend a fortune on paint, what
>> would you use?  I used some Interlux product years ago to paint a
>> dingy, maybe Brightside, but buying a bunch of colors & trying to mix
>> them would be too expensive for this project.  I am assuming artists
>> paints would not stand up to the weather & water.  Any ideas?  Or
>> suggestions of where else to look/ask?
>
> Take a look at paint tints. These are super-saturated with pigment for 
> mixing into a base paint to color it.
>
> I've heard that the base paint is different from white paint. I suppose 
> that it has less white pigment, so that you can get a more saturated 
> color.
>
> http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?s=5e5bf5429876dac5539a67a09e73ffbe&showtopic=113491#entry2996962 
> suggests that you can use off-the-shelf tints, though Interlux 
> (http://www.yachtpaintforum.com/adding-tint-to-brightside-polyurethane_topic1155.html) 
> seems to recommend against it. It might be worth an experiment. See 
> http://www.customgheenoe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19917 for perspectives 
> on the Interlux party line.
>
> My thought is that with a handful of tints, you could create just the 
> right amount of all the colors you need.
>
>  - George
>
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